List of awards and nominations received by Sidney Lumet

Sidney Lumet awards and nominations
	Lumet in 2007
Award
Awards and nominations
Award	Wins
Totals
Wins	50
Nominations	100
	Note ^ Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They acknowledge several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination. ;

Sidney Lumet is an American director, producer, and screenwriter. He received several awards including an Academy Honorary Award and a Golden Globe Award as well as nominations for nine British Academy Film Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award.

Lumet's most known films include the courtroom drama 12 Angry Men (1957), the holocaust drama The Pawnbroker (1964), the Cold War thriller Fail Safe (1964), the crime dramas Serpico (1973), and Dog Day Afternoon (1975) as well as the satirical news drama Network (1976), the psychological drama Equus (1977), the legal drama The Verdict (1982), and the crime thriller Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007).

Lumet received five Academy Award nominations winning the Honorary Oscar in 2004. He also received nine British Academy Film Award nominations as well as six Golden Globe Award for Best Director nominations winning for Network (1975). In 1961 he received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series nomination for his work on NBC Sunday Showcase.

Major associations

Academy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1957	Best Director	12 Angry Men	Nominated	^[1]
1975		Dog Day Afternoon	Nominated	^[2]
1976		Network	Nominated	^[3]
1981	Best Adapted Screenplay	Prince of the City	Nominated	^[4]
1982	Best Director	The Verdict	Nominated	^[5]
2004	Honorary Oscar		Honored	^[6]

BAFTA Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
British Academy Film Awards
1966	Best Film	The Hill	Nominated	^[7]
	Outstanding British Film	The Hill	Nominated
	United Nations Award	Fail Safe	Nominated
1967	United Nations Award	The Pawnbroker	Nominated	^[8]
1968	Outstanding British Film	The Deadly Affair	Nominated	^[9]
1974	Best Direction	Murder on the Orient Express / Serpico	Nominated	^[10]
1975	Best Film	Dog Day Afternoon	Nominated	^[11]
1975	Best Direction	Dog Day Afternoon	Nominated
1977	Best Film	Network	Nominated	^[12]

Emmy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
Primetime Emmy Awards
1961	Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series	NBC Sunday Showcase	Nominated	^[13]

Golden Globe Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1957	Best Director	12 Angry Men	Nominated	^[14]
1975		Dog Day Afternoon	Nominated	^[14]
1976		Network	Won	^[14]
1981		Prince of the City	Nominated	^[14]
1982		The Verdict	Nominated	^[14]
1989		Running on Empty	Nominated	^[14]

Festival awards

Cannes Film Festival

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1962	Palme d'Or	Long Day's Journey into Night	Nominated	^[15]
1965		The Hill	Nominated
1969		The Appointment	Nominated
1992		A Stranger Among Us	Nominated	^[16]

Berlin International Film Festival

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1957	Golden Bear	12 Angry Men	Won	^[17]
1959		That Kind of Woman	Nominated
1964		Pawnbroker	Nominated	^[18]
1966		The Group	Nominated
2006		Find Me Guilty	Nominated

Venice Film Festival

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1981	Golden Lion	Prince of the City	Nominated

References

^ "30th Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved September 1, 2024.
^ "48th Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved September 1, 2024.
^ "49th Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved September 1, 2024.
^ "54th Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved September 1, 2024.
^ "55th Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved September 1, 2024.
^ "77th Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved September 1, 2024.
^ "19th BAFTA Awards". BAFTA Awards. Retrieved September 1, 2024.
^ "20th BAFTA Awards". BAFTA Awards. Retrieved September 1, 2024.
^ "21st BAFTA Awards". BAFTA Awards. Retrieved September 1, 2024.
^ "28th BAFTA Awards". BAFTA Awards. Retrieved September 1, 2024.
^ "29th BAFTA Awards". BAFTA Awards. Retrieved September 1, 2024.
^ "31st BAFTA Awards". BAFTA Awards. Retrieved September 1, 2024.
^ "Sidney Lumet". Emmys.com. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Sidney Lumet - Golden Globes". Golden Globe Awards. Retrieved September 1, 2024.
^ "Festival de Cannes: Long Day's Journey into Night". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved February 23, 2009.
^ "Festival de Cannes: A Stranger Among Us". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved August 13, 2009.
^ "7th Berlin International Film Festival: Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved December 28, 2009.
^ "Berlinale 1964: Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved February 20, 2010.

[1] Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They acknowledge several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.

[2] "30th Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved September 1, 2024.

[3] "48th Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved September 1, 2024.

[4] "49th Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved September 1, 2024.

[5] "54th Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved September 1, 2024.

[6] "55th Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved September 1, 2024.

[7] "77th Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved September 1, 2024.

[8] "19th BAFTA Awards". BAFTA Awards. Retrieved September 1, 2024.

[9] "20th BAFTA Awards". BAFTA Awards. Retrieved September 1, 2024.

[10] "21st BAFTA Awards". BAFTA Awards. Retrieved September 1, 2024.

[11] "28th BAFTA Awards". BAFTA Awards. Retrieved September 1, 2024.

[12] "29th BAFTA Awards". BAFTA Awards. Retrieved September 1, 2024.

[13] "31st BAFTA Awards". BAFTA Awards. Retrieved September 1, 2024.

[14] "Sidney Lumet". Emmys.com. Retrieved May 29, 2021.

[globes-15] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Sidney Lumet - Golden Globes". Golden Globe Awards. Retrieved September 1, 2024.

[festival-cannes.com-16] "Festival de Cannes: Long Day's Journey into Night". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved February 23, 2009.

[1992Cannes-17] "Festival de Cannes: A Stranger Among Us". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved August 13, 2009.

[Berlinale_1957-18] "7th Berlin International Film Festival: Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved December 28, 2009.

[Berlinale_1964-19] "Berlinale 1964: Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved February 20, 2010.

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v t e Films directed by Sidney Lumet
Filmography Awards and nominations
Feature films	12 Angry Men (1957) Stage Struck (1958) That Kind of Woman (1959) The Fugitive Kind (1960) A View from the Bridge (1962) Long Day's Journey into Night (1962) The Pawnbroker (1964) Fail Safe (1964) The Hill (1965) The Group (1966) The Deadly Affair (1966) Bye Bye Braverman (1968) The Sea Gull (1968) The Appointment (1969) King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970) Last of the Mobile Hot Shots (1970) The Anderson Tapes (1971) Child's Play (1972) The Offence (1973) Serpico (1973) Lovin' Molly (1974) Murder on the Orient Express (1974) Dog Day Afternoon (1975) Network (1976) Equus (1977) The Wiz (1978) Just Tell Me What You Want (1980) Prince of the City (1981) Deathtrap (1982) The Verdict (1982) Daniel (1983) Garbo Talks (1984) Power (1986) The Morning After (1986) Running on Empty (1988) Family Business (1989) Q & A (1990) A Stranger Among Us (1992) Guilty as Sin (1993) Night Falls on Manhattan (1996) Critical Care (1997) Gloria (1999) Find Me Guilty (2006) Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)
Television	Beyond This Place (1957) Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates (1958) All the King's Men (1958) Three by Tennessee (1958) The Count of Monte Cristo (1958) The Dybbuk (1960) The Iceman Cometh (1960) Sacco-Vanzetti Story (1960) Rashomon (1960) 100 Centre Street (2001–02) Strip Search (2004)